Rim-tool



H. RUSH.

RIM TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. I919.

1 ,324:,693. Patented Dec. 9 1919.

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ATTORNEYS HARRY BUSH, OF CHINOOK, MONTMA.

RIM-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Batch 25, 1919. Serial No. 285,012.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HA RYRUSH, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Chinook, in the county of Elaineand State of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Rim-Tool, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to tools, and has for an object to providea tool for straightening tire rims which have become bent in use.

In the drawings forminr a part hereof is shown an illustrative emodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a view partly in section showing a tool constructed inaccordance with the invention applied to a bent rim in the act ofbending the same upwardly into normal position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tool; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of my invention.

The clencher rims of automobile wheels frequently become bent inwardlyfrom normal position'as the result of rough use or accident. It thenbecomes necessary to bend the rim edge outwardly to normal position atthe point where it has been damaged. The presentfinvention provides atool designed specifically for this use.

The tool shown in the drawing comprises a handle 1 and a head 2, thehead being slotted at one face, as indicated at 3, to provide upper andlower jaws 4 and 5. The upper and lower faces of the slot are preferablyconcave, and the slot is narrower at its open edge so that the jaw edgesapproach each other. The lower jaw also preferably extends slightlybeyond the upper jaw and thus serves to determine the position of thetool as it is applied overthe edge of the rim the u er 'aw which in oeration .forms a fulcrum, t ins being given a position slightly fartherout on the rim than would otherwise be the case.

The lower jaw 5 is cut away on a curve, as indicated at 6, so as to forma wedge which may be inserted beneath a rim edge which has been bentdown relatively close to the body of the rim. The face 7 of the toolopposite the slotted face is formed to present a driving head so thatthe lower jaw acting as a wedge may be driven beneath a'downwardly-bentrim edge as occasion may require. The free end of the handle may be, asshown, bent to provide a tire tool, as indicated at 8 in Fig. 2.

In the drawing, the tool is shown in position applied to a slightly bentedge of the v rim 10, and in dotted lines is shown the normal positionof the rim edge to which it is to be bent by the operation of the tool.

The engaging edge of the jaw 4 is preferably made relatively sharp toprevent slipping of the tool in use.

Referring particularly to the modified form shown in Fig. 3, it will beseen that the same includes, instead of the conventional slotted head,as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, a piece of material bent so as to forma rigid jaw 11 provided with a screwthreaded opening through its lowerpart, as indicated at 12. Such screw-threaded opening is out ofalinement with the longitudinal axis of the handle 13 and is adapted toseat a thumbscrew 14 provided with a pointed end 15, adapted to engagethe to of a rim, similar to the jaw 4, of the slotted tool illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2.

The terms upper and, lower are used in reference to the jaws to indicaterespectively the upper and lower jaws when the tool is in the positionshown in the drawings, but it is to be understood that these terms areused in a merely relative sense .for convenience of description.

It will be understood that modifications in the shape of the tool may bemade without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth inthe appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: 4

As a new article of manufacture, a rim tool, consiting of a handle and ahead, the head having a flat face to form a driving surface and havingin the face opposite the driving surface, a slot forming upper and lowerjaws, the upper and lower faces of the slot being concave and the openedge of the slot being narrower than the remainder thereof, the edge ofthe upper jaw being sharp to form a biting edgeand the lower jawextending slightly beyond the upper jaw a d having its lower face curvedto form a wedge to permit it to be driven beneath a bent rim edge.

HARRY uss.

Patented Dec. 9, 391%.!

